Born Oct. 9, 1919, in Eldon, Mo., to Oral and Sally Edwards Giddens, he married Margaret W. Sarff on Jan. 14, 1941, in Keokuk, Iowa. She survives.

Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Lynn (Sandra) Tripp of Peoria; one son, Curtis Lory of Peoria; three brothers, Almon of Houston, Mo., Richard of Kansas City, Kan., and Jerry of Parsons, Kan.; two sisters, Mary Whitaker and Jo Ann Risley, both of Kansas City, Kan.; and three grandchildren. Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.

He was a manager of installation and training in the manufacturing systems in the general offices of Caterpillar Inc., retiring in 1978. A World War II Army veteran, he was a member of the Creve Coeur Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Peoria and its J.O.Y. Class. He also was a member of Caterpillar Retirees Club, where he served as former treasurer, and Caterpillar Time Keepers Club.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at his church. The Rev. Dr.

John H. Stanley will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday at Cumerford-Endsley Memorial Home in Peoria. Burial will be in Snicarte Cemetery in Bath. Richard S. Wilton, funeral director through Cumerford-Endsley, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to his church or to West Bluff Christian Church in West Peoria or to Germantown Hills Rescue Squad.